American - Politician | September 2, 1951 -
I know I was a businessman for years, and I stayed up countless nights worrying about having to let one person go. It's a terrible thing to do.
Jim DeMint
TogetherGovernmentTeaPeopleSmall
I think people are confused about what the Tea Party is. I mean, they were a broad cross-section of Americans who came together concerned about our debt and our spending. And they're interested in constitutional, limited government. And so they're not one group of people. They're thousands of small groups all over the country.
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I can tell you if you look at the polls, Democrats, Republicans, Independents, they do not think we should increase the debt limit.
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I don't have many litmus tests, but this is one: Any candidate who doesn't understand that we need to balance the budget should not be president of the United States.
ImportantPrinciplesPolicy
From a policy standpoint, the Judeo-Christian principles are important.
TeaPartyPoliticiansLikeTea Party
The Tea Party doesn't like politicians.
JobPlantsThinkWashingtonBuild
So, the point I'm making is, we are not going to cut spending in Washington if we think it's the job of every congressman and senator is to pave local parking lots and build local sewer plants. These parochial interests are getting in the way of the national interests.
GoodHomeMoneyMeLookBack
I don't need to be asking for money for local museums and other projects just to make me look good back home.
GoalsProblemNowWashingtonGot
The problem we've got now in Washington is that the goals are completely the opposite from each other.
GovernmentBuildingPoliticalYou
You've got the Democratic Party that now depends on more government spending and actual building the dependence on government in order to increase their political party.
PowerCultureControlMoreEconomy
The Democrats have essentially decided to move more toward central power, control of just about every aspect of our culture and economy.
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I don't think we need to extend unemployment any further without paying for it, and without making some modifications such as turning it into a loan at some point. It then encourages people to go back to work.
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